Ever since the Liberal Party of Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau took power in 2015, policies favorable to the formation of a technocratic dictatorship have been creeping incrementally into position.
Thanks again for more Canadian history, Matt. You are one of the few writers that seems to understand the sinister nature of the City of London banking empire. As a believer in the human influence on climate change, however, I still hold strong reservations about nuclear and arctic development. Nevertheless, I like the idea of the trans-Siberian railroad crossing the Bering Strait in a new era of Russo-NorthAmerican cooperation. As far as the "Malthusian threat" goes, although I believe overpopulation(and the human waste that accompanies it) is a real threat to the planet, I can understand that the green new deal can easily be perverted by special interests. Wherever wealth is not hoarded there is a natural demographic trend for people to have smaller families so they can achieve a better quality of life. The pandemic ruse to control population growth only serves the elites.
I've come to this outlook over the years: Moral laws emanate from a metaphysical domain (Plato's higher unbounded reality of Being- where finiteness in space and time are not, while relative judgements emanate from the bounded material reality of Becomming where all is in flux and where all things have limits in space and time. Actions occuring in this lower domain of change are imbued with Goodness or Evil to the degree that the intentions animating those actions are tied to principles of Natural Law (meaning 1- understanding and 2- Love. Trying to manipulate people or nature without taking the time to care about the nature of those things you wish to manipulate because you care more about either money extraction or some ivory tower ideology, then it will always cause destruction to both humanity and nature more generally. When done in alignment with Natural Law's demands, then I've seen no reason why we cannot enhance nature's creative processes for the good of both humans and nature itself (our minds and their effects are after all a part of nature). The Malthusian problems disintegrate with this orientation.
If I grasp your meaning correctly I believe we have come to a similar understanding. We both synthesize what we read with a moral compass despite having different backgrounds and experiences. Our ability to achieve understanding is dependent on out capacity to love(otherwise we would be egocentric predators). This often conflicts with our self-interest. For example, you Matt, would most likely be a wealthier man if you sold out to mainstream narratives. Without that moral compass everything becomes relative to our own sense of self preservation or ambition. Those who manipulate others have either a defective moral compass that rationalizes their actions (often disguised as rigid principles) or have completely succumbed to a total relativist "dog eat dog" perception of life.
Thanks again for more Canadian history, Matt. You are one of the few writers that seems to understand the sinister nature of the City of London banking empire. As a believer in the human influence on climate change, however, I still hold strong reservations about nuclear and arctic development. Nevertheless, I like the idea of the trans-Siberian railroad crossing the Bering Strait in a new era of Russo-NorthAmerican cooperation. As far as the "Malthusian threat" goes, although I believe overpopulation(and the human waste that accompanies it) is a real threat to the planet, I can understand that the green new deal can easily be perverted by special interests. Wherever wealth is not hoarded there is a natural demographic trend for people to have smaller families so they can achieve a better quality of life. The pandemic ruse to control population growth only serves the elites.
I've come to this outlook over the years: Moral laws emanate from a metaphysical domain (Plato's higher unbounded reality of Being- where finiteness in space and time are not, while relative judgements emanate from the bounded material reality of Becomming where all is in flux and where all things have limits in space and time. Actions occuring in this lower domain of change are imbued with Goodness or Evil to the degree that the intentions animating those actions are tied to principles of Natural Law (meaning 1- understanding and 2- Love. Trying to manipulate people or nature without taking the time to care about the nature of those things you wish to manipulate because you care more about either money extraction or some ivory tower ideology, then it will always cause destruction to both humanity and nature more generally. When done in alignment with Natural Law's demands, then I've seen no reason why we cannot enhance nature's creative processes for the good of both humans and nature itself (our minds and their effects are after all a part of nature). The Malthusian problems disintegrate with this orientation.
If I grasp your meaning correctly I believe we have come to a similar understanding. We both synthesize what we read with a moral compass despite having different backgrounds and experiences. Our ability to achieve understanding is dependent on out capacity to love(otherwise we would be egocentric predators). This often conflicts with our self-interest. For example, you Matt, would most likely be a wealthier man if you sold out to mainstream narratives. Without that moral compass everything becomes relative to our own sense of self preservation or ambition. Those who manipulate others have either a defective moral compass that rationalizes their actions (often disguised as rigid principles) or have completely succumbed to a total relativist "dog eat dog" perception of life.